A writing routine is essential to becoming a writer. If you want to get published even simply improve your writing, it is imperative that one of your priorities is, you know, writing. It doesn’t matter what you are writing. It could be a poem or an essay. A journal or a story. As long as you’re writing consistently.
Life can definitely get in the way. Things of higher priority than writing (hard to imagine, I know) can come up. School, work, health: all these are, to some extent, more important than writing. That’s why it’s beneficial to have a set writing routine, because when these things pop in to demand your time, there is still a semblance of organization and dedication to your passion. Perhaps you’ll have to limit this routine when other things step into your life, but you’ll still have your daily dose of language.
Luckily for me, even though life has stepped in to claim my time and attention, I am still able to have a semblance of a daily writing routine. It isn’t even reduced, really, but it has changed. Since this is my last semester of college, I have a much higher writing demand for my classes: an Honor’s thesis, a history senior project, an advanced fiction class… This means I spend most all my time writing, and when I’m not writing, I’m reading. Unfortunately, this means blogging has become the thing with lower priority. Needless to say, I’m still here and still writing; my writing just looks a little different right now, and I can’t wait to see where it takes me.
Hopefully your flexible writing routine will lead you to new, unforeseen places, too.
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